Chapter 248

Taotao River, rolling eastward, as the south of zhennanguan, and more than ten miles away from the joint venture of the badminton army, close to the ancient river plain, the old road of Huangyan River, also has a continuous barracks, but the military flag here is a phoenix holding a long gun shining with lightning light, which is the flag of 300 thousand people running to the thunder army.

Between Yulin and benlei camp, there is a huge river port that can accommodate hundreds of warships. The Changqing canal water army led by Zhong Lixian, son of Zhong lilun, Minister of rites, is stationed here at this time. The largest river port on the North Bank of Huangyan river has been transformed into a water army barracks. Huge bed crossbows are placed on the stone walls and wooden stacks of the barracks, A huge black and shining crossbow, all facing the south bank separated by water. Hegang Shuizhai, Yulin and benlei barracks form a pin shape, which is suppressing the Tianxing garrison on the south bank.

At this time, on the stone wall of Hegang water village, there are four figures overlooking Tianxing camp on the south bank across Huangyan river. These four figures are Huairen, commander of the badminton army, Wei Jiu, commander of the benlei army, Shen Zhang, and Zhong Lixian, commander of the 25000 Changqing water army.

"I didn't expect that this year's rain would come earlier than last year. I remember that it started to rain in November last year. I didn't expect that it would be cloudy and rainy in October." Wei drunk looked out at the palm of the hand outside the watchtower, the tiny drops of water, said.

"This can only show that this winter is earlier than last year. This kind of weather is caused by the cold wind from the North going south and the warm wind from here and south. According to the experience of previous years, this kind of weather will last for a while." Shen Zhang said with some worry.

In this kind of weather, although the rain is not big, it is continuous. It doesn't take much time for people to get out and get drenched by the drizzle. If this weather continues, the water of Huangyan river will soar. Last year, Lu que used the surging water of Huangyan River to pour into the ancient river, thus blocking the return of the lion army, And now if the continuous drizzle continues, the difficulty of crossing the river will undoubtedly be a little higher than before.

"Last year, it was in this weather that Lu Que and Qing Cheng attacked thousands of miles, first breaking the mad lion, then the army in Danshui, and then defeated Qiu lie's former army in hexingyuan?" Gu Huairen looked at the rain screen which covered most of his sight, felt the tide on his body, and a trace of heartache flashed in his eyes. His love for his daughter Gu Qingcheng far exceeds that of his son Gu Qianxue. Although he came out of the war in Northern Xinjiang in that year, he also relied on his own military skills to become the Prime Minister of the army. But when he thought that his daughter had run for a long distance in such bad weather last year, Gu Huairen felt heartache.

"To be honest, last year's rain was even greater than this year's. If it wasn't for the continuous rain at that time, how could Qiu liezhi not guard against the pursuers after he learned the news of the annihilation of the rear army. I didn't feel anything before. Now when I see the rain, I really realize how much suffering Lu Que and Qing Cheng, who led the army for the first time at that time, suffered. " Wei drunk some emotion said.

"Well, let's not talk about that." Gu Huairen took a deep breath, waved his hand and said, "you must have read the documents of waige and the southern military newspaper. Now Qingcheng leads the army to Guangji estuary, Zhai Ning leads the army to sweep the County West of Heyan, and Zhuge yabing takes Pingshan pass. Princess Tianxiang retreated the camp for 30 Li, and cut off the contact between Heyan city and the outside world with Scouting camp, Fengqi camp and Fengxiang yunqi. The Fengxiang army on the south line has been mobilized to the extreme. You said, "what should we do now?"

"In fact, judging from the current situation, for our army on the north line, it's just the difference between crossing the river when the war at the mouth of the river is over or waiting for an opportunity to cross the river now." Wei Jiu thought about it and said, "the former is good for the country, and the latter is good for the war situation. This decision is really bad."

Although this war is superficially a war of annihilation launched by Da Qian against Tianxing and Nanli, there are various motives and purposes behind the war. The results of this war will be related to the future situation, especially whether Princess Tianxiang can take over the military power of Fengxiang army from Lord Yu Chuqing immediately after this war. Although waige no longer suppresses the actions of Yulin and benlei armies, the secret behind this is that they are the leading generals.

"Although your majesty and waige have granted us the right to make decisions on the spot, I think we would rather wait until the end of the battle at the mouth of Guangji river before crossing the river." Shen Zhang sighed and said. He is the brother of Yu Yuanxu, the emperor of Qian Dynasty, as well as a minister of his hidden residence. If anyone of these people knows the emperor's thoughts best, he is undoubtedly the one who was the emperor's chief adviser.

"So you two are more likely to wait for the outcome of the battle of the estuary?" Gu Huairen smell speech respectively looked at Wei drunk and Shen Zhang said.

"Gu Xiang, now the general trend of war and the initiative of the battlefield are still in our hands. We have been waiting for several months, so we should wait. What's more, the continuous drizzle is not suitable for crossing the river. " Shen Zhang took a look at Gu Huairen's face and said carefully.

Shen Zhang knows that it is Gu Jieyun, Gu Huairen's sister, who confronts with Chen Bing at the entrance of Guangji River, and it is Gu Qingcheng, his daughter, who leads 10000 Fengxiang yunqi to attack Qiu Xu's army. It's normal for Gu Huairen to worry about the battlefield. But it's because of the emperor's unspoken idea and Lu Kui's painstaking efforts in recent months, But he didn't remind me.

Gu Huairen nodded his head without expression, then looked at Zhong Lixian, who had never opened his mouth, and said, "general Zhong Li, you command 25000 water troops, which is our only strength in Huangyan river. What do you think?"

"Although Mo Jiang has been here for several months, he doesn't know much about the weather in the south. Now the continuous drizzle has just begun. If it really rains for a long time, as Wei Shuai and Shen Shuai said, these days should be the best time to cross the river before the river surges. With the continuous rain screen, as long as we don't move, we will continue to confront Yan Tuohai, If we secretly send elite people to cross the river, the success rate will be higher than before, and as long as we can get a foothold on the south bank, the follow-up army can go on and on. " Zhong Lixian said on the matter.

"Yan Tuohai is a famous general of Tianxing. He can't be unaware of the change of solar terms on this day. As far as the prime minister knows, his Navy has won and lost with you in the past few months. Can you really guarantee that after gaining strategic support on the south bank, the follow-up Army can continue to cross the Huangyan river?" Gu Huairen stares at Zhong Lixian and says seriously.

"I'm not sure." Zhong Li's eyes flashed a trace of light and said solemnly, "but at the end of the day, he will be able to guarantee that if he encounters the star water army, the evergreen water army will never lose. It has been several months since the Changqing Navy arrived at Huangyan river. Now they know the water situation of Huangyan River, and they think they are not inferior to the Tianxing Navy. "

Wei Jiu took a look at Gu Huairen and Zhong Lixian, and suddenly said, "everything is in case. You should know that once you cross the river, the two armies of Yulin and benlei need your escort, which is equivalent to giving hundreds of thousands of people's lives to you."

"Even if the war is not good, we will fight until the last ship is one person, so as to ensure the smooth crossing of the river." Zhong Li said with envy.

"Since general Zhong Li said that, I feel relieved. Wei Shuai and Shen Shuai are both land generals. We are really not proficient in water warfare. " Gu Huairen said with a smile.

"Gu Xiang, do you really plan to cross the river in the next few days?" Shen Zhang asked with a frown.

"I'm going to send troops across the river, but not the whole army." Gu Huairen shook his head. "Your Majesty's mind is very clear in our hearts, but the strength of Fengxiang army in the south line has reached the limit. We can't sit here with 300000 troops. It's time to move."

"What does Gu Xiang mean?" Shen Zhang smell speech a Leng, some don't understand of looking at Gu Huairen.

"ZHUGE Ya is leading the troops of Xihe county to detain Pingshan pass. Originally, this was just a move for Lu Qian to restrain his troops. But we all know that he didn't want to break Pingshan pass and threaten Tianxing King City and Yan Tuohai's back road, but the troops in the south line were not enough. Since there is not enough troops on the south line, it is up to us to make up for it. " With that, Gu Huairen took out a piece of silk with the secret message of Da Qian waige from his arms and said, "this is the message from waige received this morning. Please have a look at it."

Shen Zhang took over the silk and looked at it with Wei Jiu and Zhong Lixian. The content is the same as what Gu Huairen just said, that is, let the northern army take advantage of the continuous rain to find a way to send 20000 to 30000 people across the Huangyan River, and then go straight to Pingshan pass. Together with Zhuge ya, they took Pingshan pass and completely blocked the northern passage of the Xihe River, In this way, no matter what the final outcome of the Hekou war and the Heyan siege, Xihe county will still be firmly in the hands of Daqian, and as the fulcrum of Guangji's north bank, the strategic advantage will be firmly in the hands of Daqian.

"Lu que is really the talent of heaven and man. As long as he was in the imperial capital, he had expected that there would be continuous drizzle here, and he also took advantage of the opportunity to make such arrangements. This mental wisdom is worthy of being the first person of my young generation. I'm convinced." Zhong Lixian saw all kinds of arrangement made by the lack of silk on land, and said with admiration.

At this time, his Navy had a basic understanding of the water condition of Huangyan River, and there were five river sections that had been determined before. It was not difficult to transport 10000 or 20000 people across the river in such weather. Even the 30000 people in waige's biography could not do it. It was just a more detailed plan.

Moreover, Lu que specially mentioned the middle and upper reaches of Huangyanjiang river. Because it is close to xiyuanze and the current is relatively fast, neither Daqian nor Tianxing have garrison there. Even Zou Ge, who investigates the enemy's situation, will not go there under normal circumstances. What's more, even the generals on the front line subconsciously ignored it, but this was discovered by Lu que. What Lu que said about 20000 to 30000 people is not a figure out of thin air. This number is the largest force that the Changqing navy can transport to the other side in the shortest time without affecting the war on the river.

"That's a good idea." Shen Zhang is also a bright eye, said: "the overall situation of this war is in the south line, as long as Qiu Xu is defeated and Heyan city is broken, it doesn't matter whether our north line army crosses the river or not. Under the strategic situation, even if Yan Tuohai defends the south bank firmly, it can't save Tianxing's defeat. This strategy only needs to be well planned, and Yan Tuohai won't even find that we are short of 20000 or 30000 people on the north bank."

"No, let Yan Tuohai know about it." Wei Jiu shook his head and said, "I don't think that Lu Que's arrangement lies in whether he can break Pingshan pass, or even whether the 20000 people can cross the river smoothly. He should just want Yan Tuohai to know, because we didn't think of it before, and I don't think Yan Tuohai thought of it either."

"Brother Wei means that Lu que wants Yan Tuohai to know that there is a loophole in his defense, so let him take the initiative to fill it up?" Shen Zhang asked in surprise.

"Yes, the reason why we have been here for several months is that we are running out of food and grass. Although there are reasons for the war on the south line, the most important thing is that the imperial capital waige doesn't want us to fight with Yan Tuohai. It's not a problem that we can't fight, but that we deliberately preserve our strength. Now, according to Lu Que's arrangement, once Qiu Xu's army is destroyed and Heyan city is conquered by Princess Tianxiang, then the next step is Tianxing capital. At that time, we must cross the river and join Fengxiang army under Zhongxing City, so the most important thing is for the whole army to cross Huangyan River. "

Wei Jiu pointed to Nan'an and continued, "we gave Yan Tuohai a few months to set up his defense. He had already lost the chance. But now Lu que is doing this to break Yan Tuohai's self-confidence and let him take the initiative to change his defense. In this way, no matter how Yan Tuohai wants to plug the defense gap beside xiyuanze, It's necessary to dispatch troops from here, so the defense against the great river that he had designed for a long time is bound to show flaws. "

"But Wei Shuai, how do you know what Lu que thinks? And since Lu que has this idea, why don't he explain it in detail in the article of waige? " Zhong Li envies some don't understand of ask a way.

"General Zhong Li, you have already said the answer yourself." Gu Huairen said with a smile, "this silk is just the writing of waige. If Lu que really wants to do this, we will receive the military order of waige."

"So it is." Zhong Li's admiration for Gu Huairen and Wei Jiu, who are smiling in front of him, makes him pay more respect to Lu Yingjie, who is much younger than him in the imperial capital.

Shen Zhang's eyes are somewhat complicated when he looks at Gu Huairen and Wei Jiu. They belong to the same generation, but in their generation, Lu Chun, Gu Huairen, Wei Jiu and Ji Zhiheng, who are four to six years older than him, are the elites of their generation. Take this incident as an example, Gu Huairen and Wei Jiu can see the meaning of Lu que at a glance, But he was a bit slow.

"In this way, the barracks of the two armies did not move, but sent out the Yulin scouting camp, which had not experienced war since it was newly established. It was just this opportunity to let them temper." Wei drunk looked to the West and said.

"This is good. If Yan Tuohai knew that it was the Yulin scouting camp that crossed the river, he might be more anxious." Gu Huairen nodded.

"But there are only 10000 people in the Yulin scouting camp." Zhong Lixian asked carefully.

"The two to thirty thousand people mentioned by Lu que refer to infantry, while the Yulin scouting battalion is equipped with thread wildebeest, and each horse is equal to thirty thousand troops in transportation." Gu Huairen said with a smile, "and the Yulin scouts are veterans who can be ten by one. With these 10000 people, they can play a greater power than 30000 soldiers."

"In this case, I will go to prepare and send the scouts to the south bank safely." Zhong Lixian finish, see Gu Huairen nodded, to three people arched a military salute, turned away.

"Lu Kuo has made great efforts for our two armies. In this way, when we cross the river, the casualties will be reduced by at least 30%." Looking at Zhong Lixian's back, Shen Zhang said with emotion.

"He is our nephew. Last year, he had some ties with our two armies, and these days, our two armies have been suppressed here. It is also necessary to make some compensation." Wei drunk said with a smile.

"Last year in the battle of xiaoqingshan, we owed him. Now that's the way it is, it's getting more and more Shen Zhang shook his head and laughed bitterly. Now Lu que has begun to lead such a big war, and it is almost inevitable that he will become the supporter of the tripod above the court in the future. This human relationship is not so good.

Seeing what Shen Zhang looked like, Gu Huairen explained, "Shen Xiandi, since it's all for the sake of state affairs, what's wrong. But you two have spent a lot of time trying to pacify the soldiers. If you are in debt, Lu Kui owes you more. If it wasn't for him, maybe Yan Tuohai's xiyuanze army no longer exists. "

"This battle is the last battle of Daqian's southern border. To tell you the truth, I hope all the soldiers under my command will live to the day when Daqian sweeps the southern border of the two countries, so that they can return to the imperial capital completely. It's the right thing for Lu to do. " Wei Jiu sighed and said, "we are not young. We have been guarding the frontier since we were young. It's nearly 20 years since now. It's time to live a stable life after this war."